The D.C. Circuit denied petitions to review FERC's approval of a project that would expand service on a natural gas pipeline running from western Pennsylvania to the New York metropolitan area. A nonprofit group argued FERC's EIS failed to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from upstream drilli...

A district court adopted a magistrate judge's findings and recommendations to remand to state court a climate liability lawsuit brought by an Oregon county against oil and gas companies. The county initially sued in state court, arguing the companies failed to warn consumers about the negative effec...

A district court granted New York City's motion to remand to state court a climate deception lawsuit brought against fossil fuel companies. The city initially sued the companies in state court, arguing they violated the city's consumer protection law by misleading consumers about the impact of their...

A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss for lack of redressability a climate liability lawsuit brought by a group of minors in California. The plaintiffs argued EPA violated their constitutional rights by intentionally allowing dangerous levels of pollution to enter the atmosphere from sour...

The Ninth Circuit, 2-1, reversed summary judgment for the Forest Service in a challenge to its approval of a mineral exploration project on land in Inyo National Forest. Environmental groups argued the Service violated NEPA by combining two categorical exclusions (CEs) when neither alone could be in...